The median home price hit a record in May and June, but prices cooled slightly in July. We’ve got 5 takeaways from this month’s housing report.
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Posted inMaine, New England, News
Coast Guard postpones removal of buoys from Maine waters after outcry
The agency’s plan, announced this spring, would have removed almost 150 buoys as part of an effort to modernize the navigational setup.
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Posted inBusiness, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, New England, News, The Franklin Journal
Owner of 11 Maine nursing homes files for bankruptcy
Genesis Healthcare, headquartered in Pennsylvania, operates facilities in Farmington and Lewiston, among others.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, New England, News, Oxford Hills
South Paris man pleads guilty to 2020 Boston hotel killing
Aaron Parsons, 47, was sentenced to up to 16 years in Massachusetts state prison for the death of 29-year-old Sarah Dorany, prosecutors said.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, New England, Religion & Values
Convicted former Catholic priest, Cheverus teacher dies at 87
James Talbot, who taught at the Portland Catholic school in the 1980s and 1990s, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by The Boston Globe.
Posted inMaine, New England, News
The weather in Maine has been weird lately, even by New England standards
Severe downpours, 80-degree days and snow accumulation on Maine’s peaks are among the surprises May has brought to the state.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Nation / World, New England, Politics
Maine joins multistate lawsuit challenging cuts to U.S. health agency
The latest lawsuit against the Trump administration by Maine and 18 other states asks the courts to reverse staffing and program cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Posted inMaine, New England, News, Politics
Janet Mills, other Northeast governors invite Canadian premiers to meet on tariffs and trade
The summit, a response to President Donald Trump’s aggressive stance on U.S.-Canada relations, would be held in Boston at a date to be determined.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England
Maine’s electricity prices grew at third fastest rate in US, analysis shows
Securing cheaper, cleaner power has become harder than anticipated.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England, News
Hannaford began review of dairy sourcing days before human rights complaint
The complaint by Migrant Justice, a Vermont-based farmers’ rights group, alleges substandard working conditions on some farms that supply the supermarket chain’s milk.